Good day and how do. I was reading the recent Kashima Shinryu thread and the idea of changing a koryu was brought up and then quickly shot down. Now this is a different case entirely, I'm assuming that this (supposed) change was brought about by a soke or somebody within the system with enough clout to say this is how it's gonna be. What I'm referring to is a vague rumor (one source only) I'd heard that Takeuichi-ryu adopted a whack of chinese unarmed and unarmored techniques about two hundred years ago to adapt with the times. Nobody was wearing armor or carrying swords anymore so the ryu-ha was slowly declining. Is this true, can anybody confirm this rumor?
Second question. Soapbox warning. Why can't this be done again? We don't argue the addition of Tessen kata (edogidai) to a sengokugidai ryu-ha. Who's gonna argue the addition of pistol retention techniques or breathing exercises to a traditional ryu-ha if the intentions are not to keep it as a museum piece but a living breathing martial system? Why can't a cop (if he/she so chooses) learn a jo style and firearms style within the same ryu-ha? We don't argue about learning Mochi-Yari along with Tessen do we?
[Edited by Sheridan on 01-02-2001 at 07:38 PM]